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Who invested in Rocket Lab?
Rocket Lab's investors include Khosla Ventures, K1W1, Bessemer, Bessemer Venture Partners and DCVC, and 4 more on record.
2015201620172018
?Series B$75MSeries D$140MSeries EUnited States · Series E startup
Who invested in Rocket Lab
3 rounds we have observed, with the 9 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.
Funding summaryUpdated 26 Oct 2026
$215Mraised across 3 rounds since 2015, from 3 sources
$75MSeries D$140MSeries E
- Latest round
- Series E, $140MNov 2018
- Step-upi
- 1.9×
- Investors
- 9
The funding story
Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.
- First round
- Series B Mar 2015
- Biggest round
- $140M Series E · Nov 2018
- Usual gap between rounds
- 2.1 years the median of 2
The rounds
- Nov 2018Series E$140M4 new3 returning
Khosla Ventures
DCVC
Promus Ventures- K1W1
- Bessemer
ACC Venture Capital- Future Fund/ Greenspring Associates
Reported by TechCrunch
- Mar 2017
- Mar 2015Series BAmount undisclosed3 new
From a historical funding record
Who was in which round
The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.
Series B2015Series D2017Series E2018Khosla VenturesK1W1Bessemer
Bessemer Venture PartnersDCVCPromus VenturesACC Venture CapitalData Collective/ PromusFuture Fund/ Greenspring Associates
Khosla VenturesK1W1BessemerBessemer Venture PartnersDCVCPromus VenturesACC Venture CapitalData Collective/ PromusFuture Fund/ Greenspring AssociatesEveryone who backed them
K1W1Investment firm3rounds
BessemerVC firm2rounds
Data Collective/ Promusno record of our own yet1round
Future Fund/ Greenspring Associatesno record of our own yet1round
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Also claim to have backed them
This firm lists Rocket Lab as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.
Quick answers about Rocket Lab
How much has Rocket Lab raised?
Rocket Lab has raised $215M across 3 rounds since 2015. One round did not disclose an amount, so the total is a floor.
When did Rocket Lab last raise?
Rocket Lab's most recent round was a Series E of $140M in Nov 2018.
What was Rocket Lab's biggest round?
Its most recent round, $140M in Nov 2018, is also its largest on record.
Who backed Rocket Lab first?
Rocket Lab's first round on record, in Mar 2015, was backed by Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners and K1W1.
What stage is Rocket Lab at?
Rocket Lab's latest named round is a Series E, in Nov 2018.
Where is Rocket Lab based?
Rocket Lab is based in the United States.
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